Beginning life as a talky Gen-X vehicle with some nice shots of Vienna, this franchise about an American drifter poet and a garrulous French student will eventually evolve into an epic look at a relationship over time. (Pictured: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy in "Before Sunset")

Beginning life as a talky Gen-X vehicle with some nice shots of Vienna, this franchise about an American drifter poet and a garrulous French student will eventually evolve into an epic look at a relationship over time. (Pictured: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy in "Before Sunset") (Emilie de la Hosseraye / Warner Bros. Pictures)

Beginning life as a talky Gen-X vehicle with some nice shots of Vienna, this franchise about an American drifter poet and a garrulous French student will eventually evolve into an epic look at a relationship over time. (Pictured: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy in "Before Sunset")